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| Mistaken Mix at Tyson Foods Hospitalizes Dozens |
| 2011-06-29 |
| Five people injured in the accidental generation of poisonous chlorine gas on Monday at a Tyson Foods Inc. plant in Springdale Arkansas remain in intensive care and dozens are still hospitalized, Donnie King, Tyson Foods senior group vice president of poultry and prepared foods, said at a news briefing Tuesday afternoon. Tyson uses chlorine compounds as part of its food processing. Apparently two chemical compounds were mistakenly mixed in the plant on Monday, resulting in the generation of chlorine gas. Chlorine gas as such is not normally used at the plant. Approximately half the workers in the plant at the time reported symptoms. |
| Posted by:Anguper Hupomosing9418 |
| #9 Or couldn't read/understand English. |
| Posted by: Eohippus Phater7165 2011-06-29 18:00 |
| #8 The meat and poultry processors hire a lot of legal refugees, such as Somalians, since the crackdown on illegals. Quite possible mooselimbs were experimenting. |
| Posted by: Gerthudion Unump7993 2011-06-29 17:48 |
| #7 AQ tried chemical warfare with chlorine bombs in Iraq. Didn't work very well in practice. |
| Posted by: gromky 2011-06-29 14:09 |
| #6 Another tool for would-be jihadis to consider. So much mischief to make, so little time. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-06-29 13:03 |
| #5 Rogue chloride ions in NaCl undergoing the chemical equivalent of Sudden Jihad Syndrome? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2011-06-29 12:47 |
| #4 BP, isn't the dangerous mix bleach and Amonia? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2011-06-29 11:38 |
| #3 I've treated several patients with long-term pulmonary complications from chlorine gas exposure. They are essentially pulmonary cripples. Very sad. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2011-06-29 10:59 |
| #2 Chlorine inspires a person. Many years ago, I got a snoot full and spent the next half our desperately sucking on an oxygen tank with severe spasms. It hurt. Much later, a friend was at a rock concert when somebody popped a chlorine bomb. Built like an NFL fullback, he said this petite blond haired girl went through him like he wasn't there. She might have broken bones but didn't care. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-06-29 10:11 |
| #1 Mixing Bleach (HCl) and Acid? |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2011-06-29 09:56 |